D'YOUVILLE, BEHREND RECOGNIZED AS TEAMS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

The D'Youville College and Penn State Behrend men's basketball teams were named 2015-16 Teams of Academic Excellence by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), announced on Wednesday.

These awards recognize outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better for the 2015-16 season.

In order to earn a NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, institutions in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA Division I and II, must count the grade point averages of all men's student-athletes who competed during the 2015-16 season.